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A total of 300 British troops have arrived in Mali as part of the country’s support to the United Nations peacekeeping mission to combat the threat posed by jihadists and other armed groups. The troops are primarily drawn from the Light Dragoons, the Royal Anglian Regiment and supported by specialist trades from across the Armed […]
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The search for lasting peace between the Malian government and armed groups continues despite increasing jihadist attacks in the north and centre of the country. Following this, a four-day workshop was opened in Bamako, the national capital on Tuesday, under the auspices of the new Malian authorities. The objective of the exchanges is to elaborate […]
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Eight persons were killed on the night of Monday to Tuesday, by armed groups in the village of Minimakanda in Mali. The killings come even as the transition authorities in the country and armed groups based in the centre and north of the country are holding peace talks. Investigations are still ongoing to ascertain which […]
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The French Army in Mali has announced the killing of 30 jihadists, days after the army said its Barkhane Force neutralised Bah Ag Moussa, the military chief of the Group for the Support of Islam and Moslems (GSIM) which is linked to Al-Qaida. The onslaught against the jihadists followed an operation carried out by helicopter […]
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The former Malian head of state, Amadou Toumani Toure, is dead. He died on Monday night in a Turkish hospital at the age of 72. Toure led Mali from June 8, 2002, until March 22, 2012, when he was deposed in a coup d’etat led by Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo. He had been seriously ill […]
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The security situation in Mali has been deteriorating as the government seems powerless to deal with rising incidences of jihadist attacks against security and civilian populations. After they recently carried out abductions in a village, the jihadists are reported to have killed at least 11 persons following attacks in the centre and south of the […]
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A Malian anti-terrorist court in the capital, Bamako, has sentenced two jihadists described as “dangerous” to death in a trial that lasted five years. The jihadists, Fawaz Ould Ahmed, a Mauritanian, and Sadou Chaka, were charged with responsibility for the jihadist attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel complex and the La Terrasse Restaurant in 2015. […]
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In a recent report published by HumAngle, the former Prime Minister of Mali, Moussa Mara, expressed fear that with huge sums paid as ransom to jihadists in exchange for hostages, the abduction of highly-placed individuals as well as foreigners in the Sahel countries may be turned into an industry. This fear seems to be coming […]
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In a recently published opinion piece, former Malian Prime Minister, Moussa Mara, has expressed disquiet about the security situation in the country, especially the frequency of hostage-taking and demands for ransom, which have become the stock-in-trade of jihadists in the Sahel. According to Mara, “Several questions could be raised concerning the recent liberation of hostages, […]
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Since the confirmation of the first two cases of COVID-19 in Mali on March 25, 2020, business establishments have taken drastic measures against the economic consequences of the pandemic. Some enterprises decided to retrench workers to reduce the wage bill and others stopped to recruit and resorted to the European model of tele-work. Within the […]
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The Mouvement du 5 Juin – Rassemblement pour le Mali – June 5 Movement- Grouping for Mali (M5-RFP), which demonstrations led to the fall of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government, has accused the military of having betrayed the Malian people. According to the Coordinator of the Strategic Committee of the movement, Dr Choguel […]
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Mali has plunged into violence with increasing jihadist attacks following the release of over 200 jihadists by the interim government of the country. Since the release, which has been denounced by a large segment of the Malian population and independent observers of the security situation in the country, attacks have been on a steady rise. […]
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